There's some basic life advice that suggests you "expect the unexpected." You know, be prepared for anything because something unexpected could easily happen. Except that we can't imagine every scenario. And the ones that are truly unexpected are usually pretty painful.
Our hearts are hurting today. When hubby's phone rang yesterday afternoon, never in our wild expectations would we expect to hear the tragic news that a good friend of ours had died. Unexpectedly.
What? Just no. Not real. This can't be true. We – and a whole lotta people, I imagine – were in shock.
At our age, when we get a "I've got bad news" call, we expect to hear that an aging parent of one of our friends has passed. We don't expect to it to be one of our friends... our age.
Greg was only 52. We had no idea when we said goodbye after a gathering at his house three weeks ago that those would be our last hugs. I remember on the way home, Jim said, "I really had a great time tonight." Of course, we did. We were at Greg's house and he (and his wife) are always entertaining hosts.
Greg definitely excelled at the entertaining. Loved his smile, his teasing, his laugh, and his genuine love and concern for his family and his friends. Loved how he and Jim would battle over who knew the most classic country songs – shuffling songs on the tablet to see who recognized it first! While the rest of our gang was like, "How old ARE you two?" Very old. Very classic. Very entertaining.
As expected with him.
Our hearts ache as we think of the gigantic hole left in the hearts of Brenda, his two sons and his daughter (all who went to school with Carter). Words escape me. There are no possible words of comfort other than telling them we love them.
In the end, that's what matters. Show your love. Tell people you love them. Today. We don't know when our moments will become memories.
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